Klarinet Archive - Posting 000178.txt from 2006/04

From: "Warren Rosenberg" <wrosenberg47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:37:39 -0400

I find it perplexing that in a "post-nuclear apocalypse world", those who
have written warmly thus far regarding the value of "music and dancing",
seem to have no idea of what that hell would be like. Imagine no food, no
clean water, dead bodies everywhere, and you think we will need "thinking,
music, and dance skills"? In addition, you're assuming you will be alive!
Never assume.
Cheers!

>
> > Tim Roberts said,
> > "I sometimes worried that I possessed absolutely no
> > skills that would be of value in a post-nuclear
> > apocalypse world, and might be more valued for my
> > protein content. He pointed out that the ability to
> > play keyboard and clarinet, and the ability to teach
> > square dancing, both of which I have, might turn out
> > to be in high demand in such a world."
> >
> > I think this is brilliant! Indeed in a small village
> > of hunter-gatherers, 21st century technical skills
> > would be useless. Making music and dance would be as
> > valuable as ever. And this is relevant to this
> > discussion of how to 'educate' children. It's easy
> > for so many to assume that Reading, Writing, and
> > Arithmetic are fundamental human needs.
> >
> > Wayne Thompson
>
> However, music is still not a basic skill but a secondary skill. In a
> society of hunter/gatherers, the basic skills are hunting, foraging, and
> gardening. If we wind up in a post apocalyptic world, you'd better polish
> those skills first.
>
>
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